Issues in the News
Australian Legislation:
Cloning and Stem Cell Legislation Review 2005-06
1-30 November 2006
Australia's cloning Bill passes final hurdle: house of representatives vote yes after emotional four-day debate
30 November 2006
House of Representatives cloning Bill debate
30 November 2006
Debate speeches: so far more in favour, but early days
30 November 2006
29 November 2006
Cloning lower house vote debate underway
Australia's stem cell legislation vote may be delayed
28 November 2006 - AWB legislation may delay stem cell vote [pdf 14kb]
Both sides state their case on stem cells and cloning ahead of lower house vote
Parliamentary digest of Patterson's stem cell Bill
27 November 2006 - Patterson Bill Digest [pdf 496kb]
Australia's stem cell vote in international news
Australia's lower house vote on stem cell Bill to occur this week
26 November 2006 - Stem cell go-ahead just days away [pdf 12kb]
New poll shows Australians want stem cell research to go ahead
23 November 2006 - Poll 'yes' to stem cell laws [pdf 12kb]
Opposition to Austrlaia's cloning Bill extreme with possible go-ahead so close
21 November 2006 - Making Embryos from Aborted baby girls [pdf 312kb]
Australian Senate stem cell legislation debate and vote
More reactions to Senate vote; MPs discuss their Lower House vote still to come
9 November 2006
8 November 2006
Australia's stem cell vote: Speculation and focus slowly moving to the House of Representatives
9 November 2006
8 November 2006
Australia's latest stem cell vote in an international context
8 November 2006 - Research that hangs on stem-cell politics
Stem cell Bill amendment leads to questions about sources of eggs
8 November 2006 - Stem cell bill bans human-animal 'hybrids' [pdf 36kb]
Optimistic views on what the stem cell vote means for patients and for Australian research
9 November 2006
After heated debate, close vote allows stem cell Bill through Senate with amendments; emotions run high after result announced
8 November 2006
7 November 2006
Senate stem cell debate continues ahead of final vote
7 November 2006
After the first day of senate debate on stem cell Bill, 18 senators have spoken for and 18 against Patterson's Bill
7 November 2006
6 November 2006
5 November 2006
4 November 2006
Anti-cloners step up their campaign as Senate numbers looked tipped to allow Bill
2 November 2006
1 November 2006
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